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The Disney Magic’s transformation at the Navantia shipyard in Cadiz, Spain, is coming to an end this week. According to previous reports from the Disney Parks Blog, the Disney Magic is on schedule and set conclude her time in dry dock on Thursday. Work will continue during her transatlantic crossing. In last week’s update, we saw the Disney Magic with some fresh primer along with some teasers from Disney Cruise Line, as well as the all new deck plan. In this week’s update, we see much more than a fresh coat of paint going back on to her hull. We received great photos from some of the refurbished interior spaces, and some quacktastic fun on the upper deck!

Fresh Paint

Let’s get started by watching some fresh paint dry. Here we have a view of the bow near the crew pool deck. The good news is that the best Hidden Mickey is still on featured on the bow. There was a little bit of debate after it was omitted from the renderings released back in April.

A similar view of the crew pool deck from the top deck on the port side.

Moving on to some of the areas typically out of site when the Disney Magic is in the water…. Here is a great view of the bulbous bow flanked by two massive anchors.

One of the Disney Magic’s stabilizers’ is extended.

I love views of ship props and although these are protected by a tarp, it is still a truly impressive site.

Can you imagine how thankful these concrete and wood support blocks will be once the Disney Magic is re-floated later this week??More of the support block distributing the weight of the Disney Magic~

In this view of the aft verandahs, you can see the gates holding back the water. In this photo, it also looks like there is a door that can be opened to connect adjoining verandahs.

The classic look of the Disney Magic is returning with her Mickey inspired yellow stripe while contractors are finishing up the ducktail.

Wait, where did Goofy go?

A little coat of fresh paint does miracles for the look of the Disney Magic, seen here in this wonderful night shot with most of her paint back in place.

A shot of the painted ducktail and aft verandahs.

The beautiful steel cut scrollwork featuring Sorcerer Mickey on the bow pops with a fresh coat of yellow paint.

The next few pictures may give you a better perspective of where the Disney Magic has been living for the last few weeks.

Oceaneer Lab

We’ve been seeing quite a few peaks inside the Oceaneer Club with little attention focused on the transformed Oceaneer Lab.

Oceaneer Club

Over the past few weeks we have been seeing more of Andy’s Room. To build on the reveal @DisneyCruise tweeted a few more pictures this week. The first features the lovable Hamm, a poster of Woody’s Roundup, and a glimpse inside Pixie Hollow.

D Lounge

Last week, we saw our first glimpse inside the D Lounge, which was transformed from Studio Sea. Now, we have some additional views of the space.

Animator’s Palate

If you are hungry for more after last week’s Animator’s Palate teasers you are in luck. Today, we have a look at the new entryway.

Remember those vibrant panels that I misplaced as Fathoms… Look in the back you can see that those panels from last week’s teaser are indeed part of Animator’s Palate.

The new HDTV monitors have been installed to bring the restaurant up to date, and set the table for the spectacular Animation Magic dinner show.

Cabanas

Our next stop is Cabanas, where we will start with new deck panel being hosted and positioned into place.In the background, you can see the Silja Festival that has been the home away from home for the contractors working on the transformation of the Disney Magic.

Here is an early rendering of Cabanas to provide some perspective to the following photos.

A panoramic view of Cabanas.

The all new freestyle buffet line in Cabanas just like on the Dream class ships.

The Australian theme is unmistakeable with a kangaroo below one of the buffet windows, as well as the constellation Cruz (more commonly known as the Southern Cross constellation) and a boomerang above another.

The new seating area in Cabanas wraps around the freestyle buffet on the inside.

Remember those stairs in the back leading down to the staterooms…

They are still there, just with an all new railing since the interior space was extended.

Carioca’s

I’ve made it no secret that I am looking forward to dining in the all new Carioca’s in a couple weeks.

The transformed Parrot Cay is looking great with the lanterns installed.The next set of images shows the reimagined buffet line for use during breakfast and lunch.

If you look close at the ground you can see the yellow guidelines for the new Portuguese pavement inspired floor.

Atrium Lobby Chandelier & Helmsman Mickey

We have a few more views of the all new atrium lobby chandelier.

Compared to the size of the previous chandelier and those on the Dream and Fantasy this appears small, but I am going to withhold my final verdict until I see it in its full glory. I am wondering if the chandelier will have some sort of animated lighting effect after comparing it to the original rendering.

Here are a couple pictures tweeted by @DisneyCruise of the Disney Magic’s new atrium lobby chandelier and the lobby focal point, the Helmsman Mickey statue.

Helmsman Mickey, in his new location, to the right side of the entrance of Lumiere’s.

Walt Disney Theatre

One of the spaces that has not been mentioned previously has been the Walt Disney Theatre, home to the Broadway style shows and featured movie screenings.

Upper Deck

Saving the best for last… Up to the pool deck we have a new view of the Twist N Spout slide above the all new AquaLab.

The Disney Magic has a new look from below with the addition of the AquaDunk hanging over the port side of the ship.

An alternate view of the AquaDunk and Twist N’ Spout water slides from the upper deck.

Looking across the pool deck at funnel vision you can see the loading area for the AquaDunk atop the forward smoke stack.

The new look of the Disney Magic with AquaDunk extending over the upper deck railing.

To end this stem to stern update of the Disney Magic transformation, we have whereabouts of Goofy, who after 15 years, is finally on break inside receiving a well deserved break from painting.

UPDATE: 10/8/2013 Photo Day in Dry Dock

It appears that it is photo day in Cadiz with many folks down taking photos near the anchors.

Again, I would like to thank kubarhitektura.com who are also on Facebook for providing some great photos of the Disney Magic’s transformation. If you live in the area and have any photos or videos you would like to share you can email, or tweet @ TheDCLBlog along with how you would like to be attributed.

Disney Parks Blog updates don’t hold a candle to the updates you do here Scott. Great review and great pictures to bring everybody up to speed on what’s going on with the Magic. One question is has anybody speculated about the cost of this transformation? Just curious.

Take this with a grain of salt… During a Castaway Club reception in June ’12 on the Fantasy an officer told us the upper decks were being redone. During the same conversation he said something about a quarter billion dollar update. Now, my memory is foggy, I am not sure if he was talking about Magic & Wonder combined or individually.

Scott,
Your blog is so awesome!!! I love it! You are really getting us in the spirit for our Nov 6th cruise! I am AMAZED how all this work was orchestrated to be complete in such a short period of time.

I’m so bummed that some of the pretty lines of the ship will be gone with the addition of the aquadunk and the new twist slide. There is no unobstructed view of the awesome stacks now. I’ll miss the mickey hand holding up the kid slide – it was my favorite iconic photo of the ship – the mickey hand with the red stack. Also really gonna miss the double staircase. I will not miss the old staterooms, however!

Happly to see the Australian touch! The Aussie flag was not represented on the waiters vests during our sail last year. Down under and forgotton – but not anymore. Looking forward to our Alsakan cruise on the Wonder next year. Love the blog.

We are really excited about our trip on January 20, 2014. We were originally booked on the Wonder and it is now going to be Dry Docked during this time. So we are ecstatic to be going on the Re-Imagined Magic. We read the updates every day. Katie and Parker are so excited.